This is a story of trust betrayed. From the time they were children, they trusted the scam artist we're about to tell you about. But this conman turned on his unsuspecting victims and roped them into his fraudulent schemes.

The calls were ominous but believable. The result - several people conned out of huge amounts of money. The culprit was one woman who ran a more than decade-long scam that preyed on unsuspecting elderly victims.

Personal information for all of eBay’s 145 million active buyers could have been accessed in a hack two months ago, a company spokeswoman said, as the online auction giant advised all users to change their passwords Wednesday.

The internet is a great resource for finding unique items, but how can you tell if you are getting what you paid for? Hundreds of victims found out the hard way after getting caught up in an international art scam that lost millions of dollars.